Leslie H. Nicoll, PhD, MBA, RN
Publisher and Acquisitions Editor

In 2001, after a twenty-five year nursing career that included education, clinical leadership, and research, Leslie founded Maine Desk, LLC with a mission to provide writing consultation and support to novice and established authors. In 2008, she expanded the business to include a publishing imprint, Bristlecone Pine Press, committed to bringing quality content to the eBook platform.

Hands-on and fully engaged in all aspects of the publishing process, Leslie ensures that every author and every book receives the attention it deserves to be showcased as a stellar product in the Bristlecone Pine Press catalogue.

Hannah Nicoll
Graphic Artist

After two years of intense physical training, Hannah learned to ride a bike. But soon after this accomplishment, she realized that sports weren’t her thing and began to draw on any paper placed in front of her. Seven years later, her drawing habits are still going strong.

Around Christmas of her sophomore year, Hannah realized she wanted to design book covers. It was Kismet when in February of that year she shaved her head and her mother called her “Bristlecone.” The next month, Bristlecone Pine Press was founded, its name inspired by Hannah’s nickname.

Hannah is a rising senior at Casco Bay High School in Portland, Maine and will be studying Commercial Art through the PATHS program. During the spring of 2008, Hannah was a participant in the Intensive Weekend for high school students at Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine. In the summer of 2009, Hannah participated in the two-week pre-college institute at the New Hampshire Institute for the Arts, Manchester, NH.

Jim and Zetta
Ebook Designers

http://www.jimandzetta.com offer a variety of author and publisher services, including editing, typesetting and book layout, cover design, ebook conversions, banners etc., all at very attractive prices.

Alex Beecroft
Cover Artist

In 2007 Alex had her first book published - the gay romance "Captain's Surrender." The shock of seeing the cover her then publisher had designed for the book drove her into cover art in an attempt to make sure she never had something so embarrassing on the front of one of her books again. Nowadays, Captain's Surrender has been re-released by Samhain, with a very beautiful cover, and Alex is doing work for other writers and publishers who want something different from the typical "ripped and stripped" cover on their books too.
Check out Alex's work at her website, http://www.alexbeecroft.com or contact her on alex@alexbeecroft.com to find out more. Here at Bristlecone, you can see Alex's work on the covers for Frost Fair, Speak Its Name, the Royal Navy series, and Deadly Vision.

Jeromy Wendrick
Website Designer

Currently, Jeromy is studying for a Baccalaureate in Computer Science at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts. He has more than five years experience in the computer industry and plans to one day own his own business. In addition to being a full-time student, Jeromy does freelance web design and computer consulting. He has his own website where potential clients can browse a portfolio of his current and past projects. Check out his website at http://myweb.wit.edu/wendrickj. You may contact Jeromy at webmaster@bcpinepress.com.